We left for Mexico this morning at 8:15. We arrived at Dr. Garcia's, the Periodontist, who finished his part of our implants . We waited for about 45 minutes for him to show up but took less than 5 minutes on each of us for him to attach the post that will be used to place the crowns. My appointment with Dr. Juan was at 10:00 and we got to the office about 5 minutes before appointment time. Normally after arriving, we can plan to sit for an hour or more but this morning I hardly sat down before they called me in. Larry's appointment with Dr. Castro was set for 11:00 but as I was sitting in Dr.Juan's operatory, I could hear him in Dr. Castro's room, which was next to Dr. Juan. I made the mistake of talking with Dr. Juan about soccer because he is really into the game. He had finished preparing the post for my crown and was molding a temporary out of a material that is placed on the prepared tooth and hardens as it sets. He let it set too long and had to drill it off the tooth. So with this little 'oops', Larry was done about the same time as me.
I asked Dr. Juan to take a look at an older bridge on the lower side of my mouth as it has been bothering me some. He took x-rays and looked at the bridge, checked the teeth and decided to send me back to Dr. Garcia for a second opinion as to whether the abutment teeth were strong enough to just remake a bridge or whether I might be better to have another implant.
Dr. Garcia's assistant drove over to pick us up and we waited almost another hour in his office before he called me in. The good news was that he felt the teeth were sound enough for Dr. Juan to just make a new bridge.
We went to the plaza and had 2 large Pacifica Beer with our lunch. I felt like I could take a nap but when we left there, we walked back to Dr. Juan's(Dr. Castro's) office. When Larry was there this morning, he talked to Dr. Castro about getting eyeglasses. She told him she would have one of the office girls tell us where her optometrist's office was. When we left the girl said she would check with Dr. Castro and call over to Dr. Garcia's to let us know but she forgot to call. She walked us to the optometrist's office and Larry ended up ordering a pair with transition lenses to be picked up in a week. We both have appointments for the dentist next Tuesday so will probably pick glasses up then.
The line to cross the border was massive and remained so all day. We went back to the El Gourmet where they have an outdoor eating area and drank more beer. Matter of fact, we drank SEVERAL beer while we waited almost 4 hours for the crowd to ease for the border. They had a wonderful entertainer by the name of PePe Cordovia. He plays guitar and sings all of the 50's, 60's and 70's music and the crowd was wild as everyone was dancing and having a great time. One of the waitress's was in the middle of the dancing all afternoon. Her name is Brenda and she LOVES to dance. Of course the crowd was on their feet with her dancing their hearts out!
We finally left the bar at around 6:15 and the line was still very long to get across the border. It was longer than we have ever had to wait before. The bicycle taxi's were no where to be seen and we were told by one of the dental assistance's that she thought they had made them stop running the taxi's. What a disappointment as in years past when the border line was long, we could pay $5 and ride across the border in the taxi. We waited in line for almost 2 hours to get across. It was a very long day and we were so tired when we got home that I think we both went to bed within the hour.
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